Multimedia-PCs

http://iandixon.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!36983156CAA83EA9!2412.entry
EMUCenter is an emulator for Windows Media Center. It allows you to launch those arcade games from media center.

http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/30/microsoft-says-xbox-360-iptv-screens-real-but-not-part-of-fall-update/
Microsoft has confirmed that the screen shots of IPTV for the xbox 360 are real. This is great news for xbox 360 owners. They did say that it will not be for the fall update though and it is up to the service providers to offer it. Lets all hope we get [...]

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1197
I posted about Mythbuntu a few days ago. In one week there have been over 20,000 downloads. Now that doesn’t compare to Leopard but that is really good for a free media center. I haven’t tried out the new version yet as my test machines are being packed up for my move. [...]

Halloween is fast approaching. I posted a video last Halloween and I posted some for Christmas. This is a collection of Halloween lights synced to music for 2007. I’m sure I missed some and there are a few houses that had a bunch of songs. If you want one added just [...]

There have been rumors going around the Netflix is working on a set-top-box. While the box isn’t here yet they do have dreams of getting their rental service to set-top-boxes, xbox 360s, and PS3s.
Our goals in online video over the coming years are three-fold: one, to expand the content we offer online; two, to [...]

Windows Home Server
Microsoft has put together a interactive demo of Windows Home Server. With all this talk of Leopard and Time Machine it makes me want to get my Windows Home Server up and running even more.

http://www.mythbuntu.org/
Mythbuntu 7.10 is available for download. Mythbuntu is Ubuntu Lixux with MythTV configured for you. For me it is the easiest way to get MythTV up and running. If you haven’t tried Mythbuntu I would recommend downloading it and running it from the Live CD. It will give you a chance [...]

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/windows-home-server-the-ars-technica-review.arsI have been interested in Windows Home Server since I first heard about it. The problem I have with it is price. By the time you by the software and the hardware it gets expensive. I really like the features it offers as it makes it really easy to backup and distribute [...]

Do you want to voice control your UMPC. Maybe you want to add your UMPC in your car and need a way to control it. Check out the video below to see voice control on a UMPC in action.
The video shows Streetdeck being control by voice (the same technology as Media Center Communicator [...]

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Console/P4G5C3U2?page=1
There is talk that Microsoft and Toshiba are working on adding a HD-DVD drive to the Xbox 360. That is interesting and should have been done from the beginning but the real rumor is that Microsoft wants to turn it into a better media center extender. It will have wireless, 1080p output, and [...]